Display device



July 17, 1928. 1,677,840

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ATTONEYS my improved display device;

Patented July 17, 1928.

UNITED STATES Lo Is Mosns, or BROOKLYN, new YQ/IQK.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

Application filed October 27, 1927. Serial No. 229,098.

This invention relates to display devices, an object of the inventionbeing to provide a display device having a backing which has fixedrelation to a front member, which lies flat against the front memberwhen collapsed and which can be quickly moved and secured in operativeposition so. as to hold the device upright.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which providesspace or mounting for an electric light to illuminate a picture, sign,or other ornament or data contained on the front member.

My improved device maybe made of cardboard although of course I donotwish to be limited to the materials employed, and

the invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, which will be morefullyhereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a view in front elevation ofFigure 2 is a perspective view of the device looking at the backthereof;

Figure 3 is a plan view of a blank forming the supporting backing of thedisplay device;

Figure 4c is a view similar to Figure 2 illustrating a modification;

Figure 5 is a View in transverse section showing the backing collapsedagainst the panel or card.

My improved display device consists of a front member 1 and a supportingmember 2 located at the back of the front member 1.

The front member 1 may be made of any suitable material and may containa picture such as illustrated or any other advertising or display data.

The display data or picture is, preferably, transparent or translucent,so that when i1- luminated from the rear it will be clearly displayed,and may also have different colors in accordance with the desire of thetrade. In other words, I do not limit myself to any particular shape,form or decora tion of the front member as this may consist merely of apanel or card containing the data.

My invention has more to do with the backing 2 which supports the panelor cord 7 is folded on the score line 1 in upright position and whichfolds flat against the panel or card so as. to occupy but small space inshipping and storing.-

The blank is provided with a pair of parallel score lines 3 and 4adjacent its side edges, and tongues 5 projectvupwardly from the upperedge of the blank between the pair of score lines 3 and 4:. A transverseor horizontal score line Sextends across the blank in line withthe-lower ends of the tongues 5 and divides the main portion of theblank from a top member 7 which is of general oblong shape and which atboth ends is formed with tabs 8 and grooves. or recesses 9 between thetabs and the ends of the top member 7. V

The blank may be provided with openings 10 for ventilation, and a recess11 is formed in the bottom of the blank which may also function to admitair for ventilating purposes.

' The blank is provided adjacent its upper end at its intermediateportion with an opening 13, this opening having its major portion belowthe score line 6 and its minor portion constituting a tapering recess 14in the top member 7.

In constructing the device, the blank is folded on the score lines 3 and4, and the extremities of the blank, indicated by the reference numerals15, are secured to the back of the panel or card 1 by adhesive or anyother suitable means. The top member 6 and when said top member isforced down over the tongues 5 the latter will be received in thegrooves or recesses 9 and hold the device against collapse, as clearlyindicated in Figure 2 of the drawings.

The opening 13 is large enough to permit an electric lamp 16 to beinserted within the confines of the backing 2, and the wires 17connected to the lamp 16 may be forced into the recess 14 so as tosupport the lamp as indicated.

When the top member is swung out of engagement with the tongues 5, 5,the backing may be collapsed flat against the card or panel 1, asclearly shown in Figure 5, so that the device will occupy but littlespace when not in use. When in use the backing acts as a support to holdthe panel or card in upright position,and the parts are rigidly held ininterlocking position between the 7 top member 7 and the tongues 5.

In Figure & I illustrate a modification which is in all structuralrespects the same as the preferred form indicated with the exceptionthat an electric lamp 1? is shown supported by a socket 18 within thecollapsible backing 2 with the wires 19 extending through the recess 11,which is merely another form of maintaining a lamp within the backing toilluminate the device.

While I have illustrated what I believe to be a preferred form of myinvention, it is obvious various changes and alterations might be madein the general form of the parts described without departing from myinvention and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details setforth but consider myself at liberty to make such changes andalterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appendedclaims.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described, including a front member, asupporting back member secured thereto, and a top member movable on theback member and functioning to lock the back member in holding position,said back member having an opening therein through which an electriclamp may be projected and said top member having a recess therein inwhich the wires to the lamp may be wedged to support the lamp.

2. In combination with a front member, of a backin member secured at itsends to the back of the front member and folded intermediate its ends,forming a box-like support for the front member, a top member movablyconnected to the intermediate portion of the back member and havingnotches therein, and tongues on the end portions of the back memberreceiving said notches and holding the back member in operativeposition, said back member having an opening therein through which anelectric lamp may be projected and said top member having a recesstherein in which the wires to the lamp may be wedged to support thelamp.

3. In combination with a front member, a back member composed of a blankhaving two parallel fold lines adjacent its side edges, and a transversefold line adjacent its upper portion dividing the main portion of theblank from the movable top member, the side extremities of the saidblank secured to the back of the front member, upwardly pro-' jectingtongues on the blank between the fold lines, tabs extending from the endof the top member, and the notches formed between the topmember and thetabs to receive the tongues therein and hold the back member in box-likesupporting formation.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this26th day of October, A. D. 1927.

LOUIS MOSES.

